Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$3,052.51
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$6,359.40
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$272.00 with united healthcare (um) vs $5,099.00 with medica health system — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
?
Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $272.00 | ↓ -91% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $628.58 | ↓ -79% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $735.57 | ↓ -76% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $811.61 | ↓ -73% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $1,561.20 | ↓ -49% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $1,657.39 | ↓ -46% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $1,778.24 | ↓ -42% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $1,784.49 | ↓ -42% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $1,860.47 | ↓ -39% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $1,860.47 | ↓ -39% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $1,911.83 | ↓ -37% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $1,916.28 | ↓ -37% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $1,935.00 | ↓ -37% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $1,942.97 | ↓ -36% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $1,949.72 | ↓ -36% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $2,012.45 | ↓ -34% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $2,012.45 | ↓ -34% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $2,092.93 | ↓ -31% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $2,104.00 | ↓ -31% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $2,113.07 | ↓ -31% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $2,113.07 | ↓ -31% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $2,203.07 | ↓ -28% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $2,255.00 | ↓ -26% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $2,325.59 | ↓ -24% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $2,446.53 | ↓ -20% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $2,559.13 | ↓ -16% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $2,705.37 | ↓ -11% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $2,924.72 | ↓ -4% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $3,070.96 | ↑ +1% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $3,243.00 | ↑ +6% |
| all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) | all other contracted care (a b c d m h n o r s u v) | $3,655.90 | ↑ +20% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $4,254.42 | ↑ +39% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $4,640.00 | ↑ +52% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $4,845.00 | ↑ +59% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $4,845.00 | ↑ +59% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $4,888.86 | ↑ +60% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $5,099.00 | ↑ +67% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $3,480.00 | $1,392.92 – $3,915.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $1,521.07 | $775.65 – $5,979.10 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $3,052.51 | $628.58 – $4,888.86 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $1,521.07 | $775.65 – $5,979.10 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $1,520.51 | $1,010.63 – $3,460.01 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $3,052.51 | $628.58 – $4,845.00 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $1,521.07 | $775.65 – $5,979.10 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $1,521.07 | $775.65 – $5,979.10 |